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blastem(6) The fast and accurate Genesis emulator blastem(6)

blastem - is a highly precise multi-system emulator that emulates the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System and Game Gear.

For a list of all command line options:

 $ blastem -h

Extract the tarball/zip to a directory of your choosing.
To run the game from the command line:

 $ blastem

Control Genesis/Mega Drive:
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KEY ACTION
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UP up arrow

DOWN down arrow

LEFT left arrow

RIGHT right arrow

Button A press letter A

Button B press letter S

Button C press letter D

Button X press letter Q

Button Y press letter W

Button Z press letter E

SCREENSHOT press letter P

RESET press TAB

START press ENTER

Control Game Gear/Master System:
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KEY ACTION
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UP up arrow

DOWN down arrow

LEFT left arrow

RIGHT right arrow

Button A(1) press letter S

Button B(2) press letter D

PAUSE/SELECT press letter Z

SCREENSHOT press letter P

RESET press TAB

START(1) press letter S

BlastEm is developed by Michael Pavone (https://www.retrodev.com/blastem).

This manual page was written by Carlos Donizete Froes [a.k.a coringao], for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

January 2019 BlastEm